8. and Jesus said to them, `Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these things.'
9. And he began to speak unto the people this simile: `A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time,
10. and at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that from the fruit of the vineyard they may give to him, but the husbandmen having beat him, did send [him] away empty.
11. `And he added to send another servant, and they that one also having beaten and dishonoured, did send away empty;
12. and he added to send a third, and this one also, having wounded, they did cast out.
13. `And the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son--the beloved, perhaps having seen this one, they will do reverence;
14. and having seen him, the husbandmen reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, we may kill him, that the inheritance may become ours;
15. and having cast him outside of the vineyard, they killed [him]; what, then, shall the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16. He will come, and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.' And having heard, they said, `Let it not be!'
17. and he, having looked upon them, said, `What, then, is this that hath been written: A stone that the builders rejected--this became head of a corner?